Improvement in harvesters



S. AUGSPURGIER'.

Harvester. No. 41,593. Patented Feb. 16, 1864.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL' AUGSPURGER, OF TRENTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT iN HARVESTERS.

Specitcation forming part of Letters Patent No. L1l,593, dated February 16, 1864.

To all rwhom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, SAMUEL AUGSPUEGER, of Trenton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harvesters; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingr part ot' this specification.

My invention relates to au attachment to the ngers or guards of a reaping-machine of a device adapted t0 elevate fallen and tangled grain and to conduct it to the reel and sickle.

Figure l represents a portion of a platform and finger-bar provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 represents my lifting device detached.

Arepresentsaportion of the platform-frame. B represents a finger-bar. O represents the ordinary guards or fingers against which the sickle works.

My lifters may be i'our or more in number, and may be formed and applied as follows: D is a-bar attached either to a iinger or to the ringer-bar, and projecting horizontally forward about two feet to a point, E, from which a long straight ringer or spur, F, extends obliquely backward in close proximity and-nearly tangential to the sweep of the reel, and a few inches farther back than the nearest portion of vsaid sweep. The lifter D E F in entering leaning, prostrate, and tangled grain acts to raise the stalks to a vertical position and well up to the action ot' the reel, which is thus enabled to sweep them backward in a uniform and complete manner onto the platform, so as to make the cutting action more certain and effective. and so as to enable the raker to deposit the-grain in uniform gavels for binding. When, however, the condition of the standing grain is so good as to render such appendages unnecessary, or when the machine is desired for mowing, the lit'ters may be unscrewed from the finger-bar.

l claim as new and of my invention- A detachable elevating device for lodged or tangled grain, mounted rigidly upon and supported by the fingers C, and consisting`0f a horizontal arm, D, and inclined arm F, occupying the same vertical plane, the latter beingattached by its intermediate part to the lfront ofthe horizontal arm D, and projecting infront below and beyond the same, all as herein shown and described, and for the purposes specied.

ln testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand. Y

SAM L. AUGSPUBGER. 

